Ward Hill Lamon was an American law enforcement officer who was a personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Lamon was absent the night Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, having been sent by Lincoln to Richmond, Virginia.
Lamon was not in Washington on the night of Lincoln’s assassination, being on assignment in Richmond. In his Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, Lamon reveals that before he left for Richmond, he implored the president not to “go out at night after [he] was gone, particularly to the theatre. After the assassination, Lamon accompanied the funeral procession to Springfield, Illinois.
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Ward Hill Lamon was an American law enforcement officer who was a personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Lamon was absent the night Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, having been sent by Lincoln to Richmond, Virginia.
Lamon was not in Washington on the night of Lincoln’s assassination, being on assignment in Richmond. In his Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, Lamon reveals that before he left for Richmond, he implored the president not to “go out at night after [he] was gone, particularly to the theatre. After the assassination, Lamon accompanied the funeral procession to Springfield, Illinois.